Payden's Eye Surgery

Our sweet Payden. Eye surgery has come and gone. It was by all measures, a success the muscles were moved ever so slightly and she is able to keep them straight without her glasses, although she has moments, and still needs them for vision. Her eye Dr. was referred to us by the kids pediatrician in Lebanon, I don't know if any pediatrician can come close to being as good as her, I just love and miss her tons. But Dr. Wheeler has been great in the world of eyes. Neither Jer or I have ever needed glasses so this has come with a lot of learning.

Happy girl at 6 in the morning on our way to the hospital, she was told the hardest part would be that she couldn't eat anything til after surgery. We made sure Tiigee was along for the adventure and he was very well received!

Hanging out in the waiting room watching some cartoons.

Still so happy, they gave her some 'magic' medicine to help with anxiety and so she wouldn't remember the preliminary stuff in the surgery room.

Which made for a very funny Payden. Just watch and you'll see. She kept wanting to sit up and I tried to encourage her to lay back and rest and possible fall asleep, but she was too fascinated with the effects on her. I love that she still tries to communicate all the way through and she doesn't stop til she says words correctly.

After surgery she was not feeling so great. Coming out of anesthesia was rough on her and all she wanted to do was watch Megamind in her room because they told her that was an option once surgery was over. But the poor thing was so nauseous that it wasn't the best idea.

She finally fell asleep on the ride home. I rode next to her all the way home sure that she was going to get sick, but she didn't. Once we were home Jer took a load of stuff into the house, and I waited with Payden, then I took a load in and as I naturally do tried to grab as much stuff in one trip as possible. Including pillows, towels, and blankets all the necessary set up for our recovering girl. As Jer carried Payden in that's when it happened, my arms full of stuff at the top of the stairs, his full of Payden, Tiigee, and her new puppy dog from the hospital at the bottom. I was little help. And he added another story to the getting puked on file...poor guy. Payden felt awful and kept talking about how she was sad that she threw up on daddy.